The U.S. handed over its last base in Niger to local authorities, bringing to a close more than a decade of U.S. security presence in the country.
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Rifts like the one between Niger and Benin spell trouble for a region as interconnected as West Africa.
In the past two weeks, the coup in Niger has snowballed into a confrontation pitting the civilian-led states of ECOWAS against military juntas in West Africa. But the standoff is a symptom of broader dysfunctions in the global system that underscore the need for the EU and its members to reassess their approaches to foreign policy.
